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25 Cards in this Set
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Time frame of development of Early Church |
From the end of NT (Beginning of 2nd century) to Constantine (Beginning of the 4th century) |
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Spread of church |
Mainly in large urban centers |
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The Church is |
Transcultural |
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Common Elements of Christianity |
1: The Bible (the Cannon) 2: Creeds (the Nicene Creed) 3: The office of the bishop 4: Christian rituals-baptism and the Eucharist (Lord's Supper) 5: Monasticism |
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Early Heresies |
1) Gnosticism 2) Marcion 3) Montanism |
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Gnosticism |
Belief system based on secret knowledge; Dualistic |
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Marcion |
Believed in 2 gods (God of Judaism (OT) and God of NT) |
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Montanism |
Mt. Monks; Claimed new revelations |
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Thesis |
The Early church connected itself with the roots of Christianity by the three-strand cord of: 1) Canon/Scripture 2) Creed 3) Organization/office |
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Canon Formation |
The process by which the Scriptures were recognized as authoritative for the Church |
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"canon" |
Rod; a straight ruler that had marks that could be used to measure something |
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Motivations for Canonization |
Internal stresses and external stresses |
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Internal stresses for motivation |
1: Collecting texts into codexes for circulation 2: Eyewitnesses and apostles dying off |
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Codex |
Similar to a book |
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External stresses for motivation |
Heretical groups |
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Principles of Canonization |
1: Apostolicity 2: Use in the Church 3: Theological Consistency |
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Apostolicity principle |
Related to an apostle; means leaders of the church |
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Use in the Church principle |
Means the works that have com to be used in worship |
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Theological Consistency principle |
Has consistence agreement |
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Creeds |
1: Summarization of key beliefs that were passed onto the Christians 2: Rule of Faith 3: Different kinds for different settings |
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Different settings for the different creeds |
1: Worship 2: Preaching against false doctrine 3: Exorcism 4: Baptism |
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Hipolytus |
Gives accounts of baptism being made up of three baptisms |
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Hipolytus' three baptisms |
1: One for God 2: One for the Son 3: One for the Holy Spirit |
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Creeds arose in response to a need for Christians to define what they believed in order: |
1: To understand who they were as Christians (internal) and 2: To respond to false teachings (external) |
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Apostles' Creed |
Standard creed that others are based on |
